"As a child I started painting on the side walk with house paint I got from my dad. I went on to learn technique and precision of art while studying portrait painting under Donald Cleff in Bamberg, Germany from where I graduated from the Bamberg Fine Arts School."

His personal style of mingling contrasting colors, incredible attention to detail, strong sense of design and his fascination for architecture, as seen in his popular New York City Street Scenes, give his paintings an unmistakable identity.

Matthew's works are found nationwide in public, private and corporate collections. He has also had several solo shows and has won numerous awards in prestigious art shows. He has won numerous awards and has been accepted in prestigious juried art show in the country, including the Washington Square Ar Exhibit in New York City, Coconut Grove, Miami Beach, Las Olas, Gasparilla and Winter Park in Florida, New England, the Mid West and California.